Classifications

• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
  • F02M—SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF
  • F02M21/00—Apparatus for supplying engines with non-liquid fuels, e.g. gaseous fuels stored in liquid form
  • F02M21/02—Apparatus for supplying engines with non-liquid fuels, e.g. gaseous fuels stored in liquid form for gaseous fuels
  • F02M21/0218—Details on the gaseous fuel supply system, e.g. tanks, valves, pipes, pumps, rails, injectors or mixers
  • F02M21/0248—Injectors
  • F02M21/0281—Adapters, sockets or the like to mount injection valves onto engines; Fuel guiding passages between injectors and the air intake system or the combustion chamber
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
  • F02M—SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF
  • F02M21/00—Apparatus for supplying engines with non-liquid fuels, e.g. gaseous fuels stored in liquid form
  • F02M21/02—Apparatus for supplying engines with non-liquid fuels, e.g. gaseous fuels stored in liquid form for gaseous fuels
  • F02M21/0218—Details on the gaseous fuel supply system, e.g. tanks, valves, pipes, pumps, rails, injectors or mixers
  • F02M21/0248—Injectors
  • F02M21/0278—Port fuel injectors for single or multipoint injection into the air intake system
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
  • F02M—SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF
  • F02M21/00—Apparatus for supplying engines with non-liquid fuels, e.g. gaseous fuels stored in liquid form
  • F02M21/02—Apparatus for supplying engines with non-liquid fuels, e.g. gaseous fuels stored in liquid form for gaseous fuels
  • F02M21/0218—Details on the gaseous fuel supply system, e.g. tanks, valves, pipes, pumps, rails, injectors or mixers
  • F02M21/0287—Details on the gaseous fuel supply system, e.g. tanks, valves, pipes, pumps, rails, injectors or mixers characterised by the transition from liquid to gaseous phase ; Injection in liquid phase; Cooling and low temperature storage
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
  • F02M—SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF
  • F02M21/00—Apparatus for supplying engines with non-liquid fuels, e.g. gaseous fuels stored in liquid form
  • F02M21/02—Apparatus for supplying engines with non-liquid fuels, e.g. gaseous fuels stored in liquid form for gaseous fuels
  • F02M21/0203—Apparatus for supplying engines with non-liquid fuels, e.g. gaseous fuels stored in liquid form for gaseous fuels characterised by the type of gaseous fuel
  • F02M21/0209—Hydrocarbon fuels, e.g. methane or acetylene
  • F02M21/0212—Hydrocarbon fuels, e.g. methane or acetylene comprising at least 3 C-Atoms, e.g. liquefied petroleum gas [LPG], propane or butane
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
  • F02M—SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF
  • F02M21/00—Apparatus for supplying engines with non-liquid fuels, e.g. gaseous fuels stored in liquid form
  • F02M21/02—Apparatus for supplying engines with non-liquid fuels, e.g. gaseous fuels stored in liquid form for gaseous fuels
  • F02M21/0218—Details on the gaseous fuel supply system, e.g. tanks, valves, pipes, pumps, rails, injectors or mixers
  • F02M21/0248—Injectors
  • F02M21/0251—Details of actuators therefor
  • F02M21/0254—Electric actuators, e.g. solenoid or piezoelectric
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
  • F02M—SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF
  • F02M21/00—Apparatus for supplying engines with non-liquid fuels, e.g. gaseous fuels stored in liquid form
  • F02M21/02—Apparatus for supplying engines with non-liquid fuels, e.g. gaseous fuels stored in liquid form for gaseous fuels
  • F02M21/0218—Details on the gaseous fuel supply system, e.g. tanks, valves, pipes, pumps, rails, injectors or mixers
  • F02M21/0248—Injectors
  • F02M21/0257—Details of the valve closing elements, e.g. valve seats, stems or arrangement of flow passages
  • F02M21/026—Lift valves, i.e. stem operated valves
  • F02M21/0263—Inwardly opening single or multi nozzle valves, e.g. needle valves
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
  • F02M—SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF
  • F02M21/00—Apparatus for supplying engines with non-liquid fuels, e.g. gaseous fuels stored in liquid form
  • F02M21/02—Apparatus for supplying engines with non-liquid fuels, e.g. gaseous fuels stored in liquid form for gaseous fuels
  • F02M21/0218—Details on the gaseous fuel supply system, e.g. tanks, valves, pipes, pumps, rails, injectors or mixers
  • F02M21/0248—Injectors
  • F02M21/0257—Details of the valve closing elements, e.g. valve seats, stems or arrangement of flow passages
  • F02M21/026—Lift valves, i.e. stem operated valves
  • F02M21/0263—Inwardly opening single or multi nozzle valves, e.g. needle valves
  • F02M21/0266—Hollow stem valves; Piston valves; Stems having a spherical tip
• • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
  • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
  • Y02T—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION
  • Y02T10/00—Road transport of goods or passengers
  • Y02T10/10—Internal combustion engine [ICE] based vehicles
  • Y02T10/30—Use of alternative fuels, e.g. biofuels

Definitions

• the present invention relates to an injector assembly comprising two injectors for metering/injecting a liquidized vapour, wherein each injector comprises an inlet side provided with an inlet opening for liquid vapour, an outlet side provided with an outlet opening for vapour, a delivery duct for the metered delivery of liquid vapour, as well as an electronic shut-off valve having an inlet duct connected to the inlet opening and an outlet duct connected to the delivery duct.
• injectors which have special properties in order to make them suitable for metering the liquidized vapour. Therefore, with a combustion engine which runs on two kinds of fuel, there is in each case a separate set of injectors for injecting the liquidized fuel.
• injectors may be provided as original equipment with an internal combustion engine. However, in many cases such injectors are also used in the subsequent modification of a combustion engine which originally ran on petrol or the like for use with liquidized vapour, such as LPG.
• each inlet duct of the inlet manifold of an internal combustion engine is provided with such an injector.
• Lines are provided between such injectors, the length of which lines is dependent on the use.
• connection line has to be able to withstand high temperatures and high pressure.
• measures have to be taken in order to prevent heat absorption of the liquidized gas flowing through the line as much as possible.
• injector assembly in that said injectors are provided with interacting coupling means, which are designed such that, when these injectors are coupled to one another, an inlet opening of an injector is connected to the outlet opening of another injector.
• the injectors can be coupled to one another in a simple manner, optionally with the use of a connecting piece.
• a coupling makes connecting lines between the injectors superfluous, which connecting lines have to satisfy high demands and are not always easy to manufacture.
• any desired number of injectors can be coupled together.
• Any coupling technique conceivable in the prior art can be used for coupling the injectors which form part of the assembly.
• the coupling consists of a system which is locked by rotation. More particularly, the housing of each injector is provided with protruding engagement means which can engage with one another and can thus provide the locking action.
• injector block In combination with the optional connecting pieces or auxiliary rings, it is possible to produce uii "injector block" cf any desired size.
• the modular construction makes it possible to achieve a significant savings in terms of time and cost when producing the various components.
• further components to such an injector assembly, such as for example a safety shut-off valve.
• the latter may be provided with the same kind of coupling means and be coupled to the injector in a simple manner.
• the injectors of the injector assembly are coupled directly to one another, that is to say that no separate connecting piece is used. As a result, the distance between two injectors is as small as possible, which leads to a compact construction.
• the present invention also relates to a fuel-injection system comprising a supply line and a discharge line for fuel, in which said supply line is connected to the inlet side of an injector assembly as described above and said discharge line is connected to the
• Fig. 1 diagrammatically shows a fuel system for liquidized vapour according to the present invention
• Fig. 2 shows an injector assembly according to the present invention in perspective view
• Fig. 3 shows details of an injector assembly according to the present invention
• Fig. 4 shows a detail of the injector.
• Fig. 1 the system according to the invention is indicated by reference numeral 1.
• This comprises a storage tank 2 for a liquidized vapour, such as LPG.
• a liquidized vapour such as LPG.
• any liquidized vapour can be used. Examples which may be mentioned are butane and propane.
• a pump is fitted by means of which fuel is sucked out of the tank and pressurized. Via a safety shut-off valve 4, the fuel is pumped into supply line
• the pressure increase with respect to the tank is in the range of 0.5-5 bar and, more particularly, approximately 3-4 bar.
• a further safety shut-off valve 9 is provided in the supply line 5, near the internal combustion engine 8 and the injectors 6, . During operation, safety shut-off valves 4 and 9 are completely open and when out of operation they are closed.
• injectors 6 Downstream of the safety shut-off valve 9, injectors 6 are connected in series.
• the internal combustion engine is a four-cylinder engine which uses four injectors
• a return line 11 Downstream of the last injector 6, a return line 11 is arranged in which a restriction 12 is incorporated.
• the effective cross section of this restriction 12 is variable and is controlled by the control unit 13. It should be understood that with a variant, a restriction 12 can be used having a non- variable through-flow cross-sectional area or a conventional p ⁇ cSSii ⁇ c ⁇ gui ⁇ tCf .
• the injectors 6 are arranged directly next to one another. Between the injectors 6 and the inlet manifold 7 of the combustion engine 8, flexible lines 15 extend. These are connected in a very compact manner to the small dispensing pipes 10 which are arranged in the respective suction pipe of the inlet manifold. Details thereof have not been shown, but in the part which extends in the air (gas) duct of the inlet manifold, they consist of a centra] part through which the liquid gas is introduced and a part which is arranged around it and insulated with respect thereto. During operation, this insulated part which is arranged around the central part has such a high temperature that there is no ice deposit there from moisture which is present in the air.
• Control unit 13 is connected to ECU 14 of the internal combustion engine 8 which is designed to run on two kinds of fuel, that is to say can in addition be run on petrol, ethanol or the like. If the system is not designed to be run in combination with another fuel system, control unit 13 will be coupled to a number of sensors which indicate the operating parameters of the combustion engine. Also in the case of the system illustrated here, separate sensors may be provided in order to supply certain operating parameters of the combustion engine to the control unit and make control possible on the basis thereof.
• control unit 13 will regulate the delivery of pump 3. According to the invention, this takes place in a very accurate manner. As a result, it is possible to achieve an almost constant return flow through the return line 11. Such a return flow is always necessary in order to be able to pump vapour bubbles out of the supply line and the injectors.
• Fig. 2 shows an injector assembly 20 according to the present invention which, in this case, consists of four injectors 6. These are placed directly adjacent to one another by means of coupling.
• Reference numeral 9 indicates a safety shut-off valve which is connected to the first injector, and to the line 15.
• the last injector 6 which is located furthest downstream is connected to a connecting piece 40 which is suitable for connection to the line 11.
• each injector 6 comprises a housing 21.
• Housing 21 has an inlet side 22 with an inlet opening 23 and an outlet side 24 with an outlet opening 25.
• the delivery duct for metering liquidized vapour is denoted by reference numeral 26.
• a line 15 is inserted into the latter, which line 15 is sealed with respect to the housing by means of a seal 34.
• Reference numeral 30 in Fig. 4 denotes a shut-off valve which can be accommodated inside the housing 21. No details are given with regard to the operation of the shut-off valve, but in principle it comprises a needle valve in combination with a coil which is operated by means of a contact block 29. Shut-off valve 30 can be accommodated in the housing 21 with the aid of retainer ring 8. Shut-off valve 30 is provided with an inlet duct 31 and an outlet duct 32 which is controlled by means of the shut-off valve.
• Each housing is provided with coupling means and/or coupling projections 35 and 36. These are designed to engage with auxiliary ring 41 while, in addition, O-rings 37 are provided. Auxiliary ring 41 can be attached by means of part 39.
• Lips 29 are provided in order to attach housing 21 to any constructional part.
• the above-described injectors can be connected to one another by rotation.
• the coupling projections 35 and coupling projections 36 will grip behind corresponding projections in an auxiliary ring 41 and the adjacent housings will be moved iuwtu ⁇ i ⁇ nc aii ⁇ l ⁇ ci sligutly, as a result of which the O-ring 37 is compressed in a sealing manner.
• a snap closure (not shown) is provided, as a result of which two adjacent injectors 6, once they have been sealingly placed in the correct position with respect to one another can no longer be loosened by rotation in a simple manner.
• spacers can be placed between the injectors, which spacers are also provided with corresponding projections 35 and 36, respectively.
• any injector block optionally in combination with safety shut-off valve 9, can be achieved using such injectors.
• Such block may be assembled in a simple manner without the risk of the individuals who carry out the fitting causing leakage or any other faults which may lead to failure. This means that even unqualified staff can carry out the assembling operation.

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